RARA-AVIS: that which does not kill me, leaves a nasty hangover

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Sat, 15 Aug 1998 15:42:16 EDT

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>Are there any other books with alcoholic detectives?

off the top of my head, James Lee Burke's Dave Robicheaux comes to mind.

>It's interesting that it is always booze, never any drugs.

James Crumley's Shugrue smokes pot, snorts coke, drops acid, although in his
case, it seems more like a performance enhancer rather than a monkey on his
back.

John Lau
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